Wednesday, 9 November 2011

I've written before about Chris Floyd's '140 Characters' but that was before it had that title. Previously it was his 'Portwit' project. Chris social life had shrunk as the technological advances in his profession progressed. Before he knew it, he was conversing more with people on Twitter than with some of his oldest friends. So he set out to meet them, photograph them and find out what they thought of Twitter.

The number of subjects soon racked up and an obvious number to stop at cropped up. It was a brilliant idea that seems to have reinvigorated Chris. It also inspired me to start thinking about how friendships were changing - pretty sure I've banged on about it on here before. I was also inspired to tell the story of the 140 and it ended up being my first entry for the Huffington Post here.

The shot on the right is of Miranda Sawyer, one of the best writers around. If you want something brilliant to read, particularly if you ever wondered what existence is all about, you should find something thought provoking here.

About Me

I'm now a Content Editor at Matter&Co, where amongst other things, I write a lot for Pioneers Post. As a freelance writer, I got commissions from the Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Mail Online, Marie Claire, Metro, The Telegraph and Square Mile (to name a few). I still do the odd bit of freelance writing but rarely have the time.

I like writing positive stories and as well as the many people I write about on Pioneers Post whose work has meaning and does good, I'm interested in the kind of achievers that appear in Pass Me On, a daisy chain of interviews exploring six degrees of separation.

The majority of my freelance writing covered culture, travel and reviewing restaurants. A selection of clippings can be read here. I spent six years trying to make writing be my main source of income. The highs and lows are all documented at Can I Write for a Living?